TY - BOOK AU - Santa Ana,Otto TI - Tongue-tied: the lives of multilingual children in public education SN - 0742523829 AV - LC3731 .T65 2004 U1 - 370.117 22 PY - 0000/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Children of minorities KW - Education KW - United States KW - Linguistic minorities KW - Bilingualism in children KW - Bilinguisme chez l'enfant KW - fast KW - Sprachpolitik KW - swd KW - Mehrsprachigkeit KW - Erziehung KW - USA N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The child's struggle against silencing -- The history of silencing children -- The potential and vulnerability of multilingual children -- Mother tongue -- Excellence and neglect in the schooling of multilingual children -- Rage, regret, and resistance N2 - An anthology that gives voice to millions of people who, on a daily basis, are denied the opportunity to speak in their own language. First-person accounts by Amy Tan, Sherman Alexie, bell hooks, Richard Rodriguez, Maxine Hong Kingston, and many other authors open windows into the lives of linguistic minority students and their experience in coping in school and beyond. Selections from these writers are presented along with accessible, abridged scholarly articles that assess the impact of language policies on the experiences and life opportunities of minority-language students. Aimed at teaching and learning about American education and to spur infomed debate about the many factors that affect students and their lives UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003022739.html ER -